The media often feature stories about new discoveries in hearing and balance health care. You can find selected articles below. For the latest news from the Academy, please click on News from the Academy. For media articles about the Academy and its members, please click on Academy in the News.
A New Era in Hearing Care: FDA Approves OTOF Gene Therapy
In the United States, mutations in the OTOF-gene (otoferlin gene) account for between one percent and eight percent…
Sleep Routines and Tiredness in US Children
Do you work or interact with children? Do you any of them complain of being tired? If so,…
New Evidence on Swimming and Tympanostomy Tube Outcomes
For decades, physicians and audiologists have warned parents that their children with tympanostomy tubes (TT) should not swim…
Spontaneous Recovery from Radiation Induced Unilateral Profound SNHL
Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a well-known side effect of radiation therapy for the treatment of cancerous cells…
The Humpback Whale’s Range of Hearing Is Not What was Believed
Researchers from the University of Queensland, Australia, and the National Marine Mammal Foundation in San Diego, California, recently joined…
Intratympanic Steroid Therapy as a Salvage Treatment for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Fernandez et al. (2026) completed a retrospective analysis of 86 patients seen between 2019 and 2024 with sudden…
